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v APPLIUATION FELED EB; 18, 1905.

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PATENTED JAN. 23, 1906. A. T. HALLOCK.

COIN CONTROLLED APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED 113.118.1905.

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Be it known that I, ARTHUR T. HALLoorr, e citizen of the United States, residing at Csnondeiguo., in the county of hntario, State of ew York, lieve invented certain new and .useful lmproveinents in Coni-Controlled Ap-l psrntus, of which the Jfollowing is s. speciliontion, reference being had therein to the ec' com .snying drawings. v

Tlli's invention relates to e coin-controlled apparatus, and particularly to a vending-me elaine for the delivery of articles controlled by the introduction of s coin.

The invention has for en ob'ect'to provide 'en improved construction an Verrengeme'nt ol delivery-apron bysvliich the articles iney be token directly from an originel package or box and delivered in diderent quentities.

A further object of the invention is to provide Ineens for imparting to seid apron e di`- ferent length of travel controlled by e differ.g f

ent coin or check used 'fortliet purpose.

Another object of the inventionis to provide en improved cfmstruetioiiV end wrongement of the coin-controlled means by which the coin cooperates with e i'inger actuated by e.- i'eeiprocsting port to impart motion' to the end the novel features of the invention de. .lined by the appended claims.

In the dren/ings, Figure l is e. side elevation illustrating the invention; Fig. 2, e. central longitudinal section tl1ereoi;l1`ig..3, e. vertical cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l g Fig. 4, o detail perspective of the coin -oontrolled ineolisnisni assembled Fi 5, n similar-view of the coin-reeeiving wliee or drinn; Fig. 6, s.

perspective olf the geel carrying the dog to cooperate with the coin, end 'Fig 7 s vertical section through. the coilbwheel.

.Lilie letters of reference refer to like ports in tne several gires o the drawings.

. Tine letter il. designntes the treme of the' meeliine, nds Issey be of env desired construction onderin nlnetionend is here shown Specieetion of fietsers Patent, A

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es provided et one portion withV onwopening A ond e. delivery-.trough A. adjacent thereto to receive the erticles es disclisrged-rorntljie apron B. This apron is su ported upon any desired oonstruotiono ro eik-for instance, as shown et E and B2 in Fig. Z-seid rollers being pivotelly mounted in the sides of the freine. Beneeth the upper surfaceo the belt s. table B3 is provided Wliioh supports the belt against sagging end fornselevelsurface spaced ste proper distance rom the i 5 .under side o the cover-plete A3 to permit the passage of the cross-bers end to prevent any vertical movement the. These cross' bers ere secured in position'ponthe.apron in any desired manner; but for the purpose of preventing eny sli ping of the apron end-insure eco'rrect fee thereof one of. the rollers may be provided intermediate of its ends wit pins B5, edepted to register with sockets B, carried by the apron end inserted 'in the blocks. The top of the freine A3 is formed with an inclined hopper Jportion A4 ende seat or shelf A5 to receive the Wells' of e. box ororiginel packages containing the orticles to be delivered Ywhich in the present inf- 1 stance is illustrated es e box of eige-rs. The

rea-r portion ,A3 of thistop 'Well is similarly provided with the sect A5 and hopper portion A* and is slidebl mounted so este 'oe adjustable for boxes o different size. This ldynstrnent is effected end the parte .held in foei".

tion by any preferred ineens-for instar; ce, e set-screw A7, extended through the reeipwell of the freine, es shown 1n Fig. 2.

For the purpose of rotating the roll-di; delivery-belt B e slieft C, extending there from., is Wells of t e freine and is provided beyond the freine with e coin. Wheel or drum Cf, )prefer1 ably formed of .s single casting properly turned or nished and provided Wthrediellydisposed slots Q3 upon the opposite inner faces thereofjnto which a coin passes. The Wells of this wheel ere disposed et proper disftonoe speri; to receive the coin desired to loe used therein and to permit any other cointo dropfrom'the radial slots or to prevent its' entre-nce therein. For instance, it the chine is edsjoted for; use Witns. vive L cent .piense the Wells are so spaced es to permit either s. penny or s. dime to fell from the slots' vfitliout opereting the ports, While a larger rovided s nd journsled in the side o IOO 'ies

. .5` the coin-Wheelv with a ringer D', travelin 15 tion beneath the coin ze,v keepers D5,

30 travelof'the delive 4o chute E, preierabl 5o the upper surface gesl coin, such as a quarter, could not be introducedtherein. Upon the shaft C is a gear- Wheel D, 'loosely mounted to freely rotate thereon, and is provided upon its lface nextgto etween the Walls of said comlwheel and a aptedto engage a coin deposited in the recesses of the Wheel. Extending from this dog a guard-plate D2 is provided, which travels With 1o z the gear D and is provided with a coin-slot D3 at the front of the ringer D. This guard extends segmentally of the coin-Wheel and prevents the introduction of a coin therein at 'any timeexcept when the slot D3 -is in posiintroducing device. For the purpose ci driving the gear D a rackbar D4 is provided and mounted insuitable bearings upon the side of the frame, as shown in Fig. '1, These bearings may -comprise having pivotaly mounted therein gears D", While the inner end of the rackbar is connected to a fixed point by means of a tension-spring D7, secured at D8 to the frame and at its opposite end to a pro'ecting 25 pin D9, carried by the rack-bar. T is pin rejects above the. bar and in its movement m op cette directions contacts with stops D1", .by tv 'ch the' travel of thebar is limited. The extent, of travel oi' this bar determines the -belt, and consequently the-.number of artic es 'discharged therefrom, so that by varying the position of this pin the travel may be increased or diminished to deliver the desired number or'Y articles. This ad- 3 5 ljustment may be effected in any desired manner--forinstance, by shifting one of the pins D10 to a hole D11-,as shown in Fig. 1. Any desired means may be provided for introducing the coin into the Wheel-for instance, a disposed dia onally to lthe top of the mac 'ne and provi ed with a discharge portion E for iron or other objects whichwould be attracted bythe magnet E2, mounted above the junction of this portion 45 with the downwardly -forked portion E3,

I throu which a proper coin Will proceed and pass t ough the slot D? in the guard-plate when said slot is in alinement with the cointube. At other times the coin will rest upon of the guard-plate .until this slot is again brought into alinement. In this chute the magnet E2 acts as a detector and holds any magnetic disks or objects introduced into the chute in contact with the 55 upper Wall thereof, so that the next coin pass- 1n through-thc chute forces the object thus he d outward through the discharge portion E', ,while the coin itself, being not attracted by the magnet, passes downward through the 6o portion E,

The parts so operate the delivery-belt intermittently by the introduction of a coin of predetermined character; but in the use of a machi .ic of this o5 type it is often dedirable to provide for the far described are adapted to' delivery of more than one article up'pn the in-f,

ferent denomination, and for that reason the driving-shaft C of the delivery-belt is proj vided` at both ends With coin-wheels C', the l same being identical in construction, but dif-l vferently proportioned to receive the prrper coin; For instance,inthe formillustratc in Fig. 3 the wheel at the left is proportioned for the delivery of a single article from the l belt in its rotation, While the wheel at the right of said figure, being similar, is geared to produce a longer travel of the belt and deliver two varticles therefrom instead oiv one. It will be apparent that this construction may be varied to any desired or convenientextent in the use of the machine, the objectin view being the provision of independent coin-controlled means for imparting to said be'lt diti ferent lengths of travel relative to each ofsaid means. .The length of travel for any coin may also be determined by adjusting the stop-pins.

In the operation of the invention a proper coin introduced through the chute passes through the aperture in the guard and into the slot in the coin-wheel. The rack-bar is lp then reciprocated and brings the finger into contact with such coin, thus producing a rotation of the coin-wheel for a proper distance to deliver 4one article from the delivery-belt.

When the pull upon this rack-bar is released,

the gear returns to its initial position, carryi ing the guard and finger therewith and leaving thc coin-Wheel in its preViously-rotated position, so .that the coin last introduced and acted upon by the finger is clearly in view', so that it may be observed, and thus act as a preventive against fraud by the introduction of foreign material into the machine, Fig. 7L If the person using theinachine does not have the required coin-for instance, a five-cent'piece-to operate one of the Wheels attached to'the shalt of the delivery-belt, he can introduce into the opposite Wheelv a predetermined vcoin of greater valuefor instance, a ten-cent piece-#and thus adapt the machine for the delivery of either a single or a plurality of articles and also for use With or which the machine is constructed.

It will lbe obvious that changes may be made in the details of construction and confifgguration without departin from the spirit if the invention as defined y the appended claims.

l-iavingdescribed my invention and set secure by Letters Patent, is

1, In a coin-controlled apparatusI a driving-shaft provided with a com-Wheel lmving means to support acoin between its sides, a gear loosely mounted upon the shaft of said coin-wheel parallel to one side thereof, a lattroduction of a proper coin in payment there# of or permit the purchaser to use coms of difredetermined coins of different character .i

forth its merits, what I claim, and desire to eral extension Afrom said gear, a finger carried by said extension and disposed between the sides of said wheel'in the path of the coin held thereby, and operating means for driving said gear.-

2. In a com-controlled apparatus, a driv ing-shaft provided with-a coin-wheel havingA means' to support a coin between its sides; a

gear loosely mountedupon the shaft ofsaid` coin-'wheel 4adjacent thereto, a laterally-disposed guide-plate carried by the, gear and4 covering said wheel, a depending finger at one end of said plate, and means for oscillating said ear. l

3. n a coin-controlled apparatus, a driving-.shaft provided with a coin-wheel having 3c .of sai 4'. In a coin-c`ontrolled apparatus', a coinwheel, a ear provided with a finger coper- `ating wit i said wheel, a rack-.bar meshing with said gear and means constructed and arranges to permit different lengths of travel ar. V 4 I l 5. In a coin-controlled apparatus, a driving-shaft, a delivery device driven by said shaft-'provided with coin-supporting means on its op osite inner walls, a coin-Wheel upon said sha t, a gear freely rotatable upon said shaft and provided with a finger co erating with said coin-wheel, a guard exten 'ng segmentally from one side of said fin era racklbar mgunted to reciprocate-in mes with said gear, means for limiting the travel of said rack-bar, and means for restoring said bar to its initial position, g

f 6. In a coin-controlled apparatus, a driving-shaft, a delivery device driven by said shaft provided with coin-supporting means non lts op os1te inner walls, a com-wheel upon said Vsha t, a gear freely rotatable upon said shaft and provided with a finger co erating .with said coin-wheel, a guard exten ing se mentally from one side of said finger, a rac bar mounted to reciprocate in mesh with said gear, means for limiting the travel of said rack-bar, means for restoring said bar to its initial position, and a coin-chute adapted to deliver into said Wheel at the forward side of said finger.

7 In a coin-controlled apparatus, a driving-shaft, a delivery device controlled theret by, a plurality of coin-wheels secured to said shaft each adapted to receive a coin of difier-A ent denomination, and means rotatively mounted on said shaftv for independently rowith the coin carried thereby.

8. In a coin-controlled apparatus, a driv- 'tating each of said wheels by engagement .v

ing-shaft, a delivery device controlled thereby, a plurality of coin-wheelsl carried by said shaft each adapted to receive a coin of diflez'- ent denomination, a gear rotatable u on the shaft of said coin-wheels and provide with a finger extending between the walls thereof, and independent rack-bars for driving said gears. In testimon whereof I affix my signature in presence of Wo witnesses.

ARTHUR T. IIALLOCK.

ilitnesses:4 Y A l ALFRED T. GAGE,

f JOHN E. LANsDALE. 

